Sesame Potato Croquettes

Ingredients

• 1 kg starchy potatoes
• Salt
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 3 egg yolks (from large eggs)
• 1 tbsp flour
• ground pepper
• freshly grated nutmeg
• 2 Garlic cloves
• 0.5 bunch coriander leaves
• 5 tbsp sesame seeds
• clarified butter (for frying)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Peel, wash and cut the potatoes into pieces. Boil in salted water for about 25 minutes until soft. Peel the garlic and crush it with a press. Wash the coriander, shake dry, pluck the leaves from stems and finely chop.

2. 2.

   1) Drain the potatoes and let them steam off a little.

3. 3.

   2) While still warm, mash the potatoes through a potato masher and immediately mix in butter, egg yolks, flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg.

4. 4.

   3) Add the garlic and coriander and quickly knead into a dough. The mixture should hold together well; if too wet or dry, add more egg yolk or flour as needed.

5. 5.

   4) Shape short, thumb-thick croquettes from the dough.

6. 6.

   5) Toss the croquettes in sesame seeds.

7. 7.

   6) Fry them in hot clarified butter until golden all around.